1.

Alok is attending a workshop How to do more with less and todays theme is
Working with Fewer digits. The speaker discuss how a lot of miraculous can be achieed
if mankind !as well womankind" had only worked with fewer digits. The problem posed
at the end of the workshop is How many # digit numbers can be formed using the digits
1$ %$ &$ '$ ( !but with repetitions" that are diisible by ') *an you help Alok find the
answers)
1. 1(+%(
%. 1,(&1
&. 1,(&%
'. +%(-
%. & years ago . was ( times as old as my eldest son. Today . am & times his age. How
old . am now)
1. +/--
%. 0/--
&. 1,/--
'. 10/--
&. A greengrocer was selling melon at a penny each$ plums at % for a penny and pears at
& for a penny. A father spent #p and got the same amount of each type of fruit for each of
three children 1ane$ 1oe and 1ill. 1ane is three years older than 1ill and 1oe is e2actly half
the age of 1ane and 1ill together. What did each child get)
1. 1 melon$ 1 plum$ 1 pear
%. 1 melon$ % plums$ 1 pear
&. 1 melon$ & plum$ % pear
'. 1 melon$ % plum$ % pear
'. & years ago 1acobs age was twice 1ohns age. & years hence 1acobs age will be '3&
times the age of 1ohns. Find 1acobs present age in binary numbers.
1. 1--
%. 1--1
&. 11-
'. 11
(. A lady has some fine gloes and hats in her closet 1, 4lue$ '+ 5ed and &( 6ellows the
lights are out and it is totally dark. .nspite of the darkness she can make the difference
between a hat and a gloe. 7he takes out and item out of the closet only if she is sure that
it is a gloe. How many gloes must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each
color)
1. +(
%. 0&
&. ('
'. (+
+. The 8ew 6ork public library is one of the worlds greatest repositories of books and
9ournals. .t has a beautiful reading room facing :anhattans famous Fifth aenue. .n the
reading room are 1- reading spots. ;ach reading spot consists of a round table with '
chairs placed around it. There are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot
there are different numbers of readers. .f in all there are 1- readers$ how many reading
spots are empty)
(. (
+. &
#. +
0. '
#. A rope of gien length is used to form a triangle of sides 1,$1( and %& cms. .f the same
rope is used to form a s<uare$ what would be the area of such a s<uare)
1. &+1.-- s<. cm
%. 1'.%( s<. cm
&. 11-.%( s<. cm
'. %-&.-+ s<. cm
0. 7ome animals show isible behaioral changes that are related to changes in the local
whether patterns. A scientist interested in the behaiour of bears$ traels one mile due
north from his research lab. Here he sees a bear and starts following it for one mile due
east before he is able to radio=collar it. After tagging the bear$ hear walks one mile due
7outh to return to his research station. What color was the bear)
1. 4lack
%. >rey
&. 5ed
'. 4lue
,. The .T giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 1(---- and earnings of ?#
billions. As one of the forerunners in the technology front$ Tirnop continues to leasd the
way in product and serices in .ndia. At Tirnop all programmers are e<ual in eery
respect. They receie identical salaries @ also write code at the same rate. 7uppose 11
lines of code in total. How many lines of code can be written by 00 programmers in 00
minutes.
1. 0
%. #-'
&. 11
'. 00
1-. A group of friends Tom$ Teena$ Aick$ Tiana and Harry and Harriot$ go out to a fair
&-- meters from the :c Aonalds which is ( Bm away. They see a weighing machine and
decide to hae some fun. Howeer$ the girl refused to step on the weighing machine. 7o
Tom$ Aick and Harry way themseles in a particular order. First Tom$ Aick and Harry
wheigh themseles indiidually and then Tom and Aick$ Aick and Harry$ Tom and Harry
and then Tom$ Aick and Harry together respectiely. The recorded weight for the last
measure is 1,# Bgs. The aerage of all the # measures is.
1. %(&.%,
%. 11%.(#
&. 1'-.#1
'. +(.+#
11. The dynamics of crowd behaior are hard to study because people are not reliable
witnesses of their own behaior. 8ow consider + people standing in a <ue of a super
market. 6ou want to predict where behaior based on their age group. 6ou get to know
from the super market record that there aerage age % years ago was '1 years. After a
while another person 9oins the <ueue and the present aerage age of all the # is &, years.
The present age of the last person in <ueue is.
1. %(
%. 1(
&. %#
'. %,
1%. A thank giing ban<uet at no. % 5ictor 7treet has ', guests which consisted of +
statesmen %+ relaties and their families. At the end of the ban<uet 1' people shake hands
with each other$ some of which were between the statesmen alone$ some between
relaties alone and some were between the statesmen and relaties. How many hands
shakes were there in total.
1. 0'.(-
%. ,1.--
&. ,0.--
'. 10%.--
1&. :iddle earth is fictional land inhabited by Hobbits$ ;les$ Awares and men. The
Hobbits and the eles are peaceful creatures who prefer slow$ silent lies and appreciate
nature and art. The dwares and men engage in physical games. The game is as follows a
tournoi is one where out of the two teams that play a match$ the one that loses gets
eliminated. The matches are played in different round$ where eery round half of the
team get eliminated from tournament. .f the there are # rounds played$ in knock out
turnoi$ how many matches were played)
1. 1%0
%. (+
&. 1%,
'. 1%#
1'. .n *hina of the tang dynasty unprecedented social kiosks preailed but yet there was
a great mathematician and <uote astronomer who reeled in numerical riddles. .n his
compilation of such puCCles the total numbers of puCCles is e<ual to the product of the
number of the puCCles that classified as easy and e2tremely difficult. 8ow if 13% of the
numbers is % more than 13+ of the same number. What is the number in the binary
system)
1. 111
%. 11
&. 1--
'. 11-
1(. '( people !a1$ a%DD.a'(" meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. .n other
words there totally '( handshakes inoling the pairs !a1$ a%"$ !a%$ a&"DD!a''$ a'("$
!a'($ a1". Then the siCe of the smallest set of people such that the rest hae shaken hands
with atleast one person in the set is.
1. 1+
%. 1(
&. 1'
'. %%
1+. There are & totem poles from timbektube in the metropolitan museum of art. Totem
poles are symbolic ob9ect cared beautifully from either mahagani or African redwood
tree trunks not smaller than two meters. Totem pole Arind is taller than richy and 1itesh
is shorter than Arind. Which of the following is most accurate)
1. 1itesh is as tall as 5ichy
%. 5ichy is shorter than 1itesh
&. .t is impossible to tell
'. 5ichy is taller than 5itesh
1#. ;arl can stuff adertising circulars in to enelopes at the rate of ++ enelopes per
minutes and Allen re<uires a minute and half to stuff the same no. of enelopes. Working
together$ how long will it take ;arl and Allen to stuff ++- enelopes)
1. + minutes
%. & minutes
&. ( minutes
'. # minutes
10. Archi was the son of the 8ymph Thetis and Eeleus the king of :yrmidons. Feous
and Eoseidon had been rials for the hand Thetis until from Erometheus$ the fire bringer
warned Feous of a prophecy that Thetis would bear a son greater than his father. For this
reason the % >ods withdrew their pursuit and had her wet Eeleus. The following
statement is another interesting prophecy about the ages of % children of Feous that
would hold true at some time during the life time of the children. & years ago ;thina age
was twice Hellens age. & years hence ;thinas age will be '3& times the age of Hellens.
Find ;thinas present age in binary numbers during the time that statements holds true)
1. 11
%. 11-
&. 1--
'. 1--1
1,. Franky Eachet a researcher at 7ony *omputer 7cience Gaboratory who is also a a
1aCC musician. He decided to built a robot able to improise like a pronamed
continuator$ the robot can duet with a lie musician in real time. .t listens to
musical phrase and then computes a complimentary phrase with the same playing
style. .f the cost of making the robot is diided between materials$ labour and
oerheads in the ratio of (/+/%. if the material costs ?11($ the cost of the robot is.
1. %(&.--
%. #'#.(-
&. %,,.--
'. %',.1#
20. .n 1,11 a French Ehysicist Eaul deised a thought e2periment based on
;instiens 7pecial 5elatiity. .n the e2periment$ a person makes a 9ourney into
space at nearly speed of light and comes back to earth. He finds that he has aged
fie times less than his twin who stays back on earth for '- years. This is
popularly known as the twins parado2. 8ow consider the case of Hansel and
>retel$ who are not twins fie years ago. Hansel was twice as old as was >retel.
.f they 9ourney in to space$ and automatic clock assists in logging the start time
of their 9ourney accurately. .f the do not 9ourney in to space$ ( years hence
Hansel age will be '3& times the age of >retel. Find Hansels age today in binary
numbers.
1. 1-1
%. 1111
&. 11--
'. 11-
21. ' years ago Andromedas age was twice Achilles age. ' years hence
Andromedas age will be '3& times the age of Archlles. Find Andromedas age
in binary numbers.
1. 1--
%. 1-1
&. 1--1
'. 11--
22. Alice and 4ob play the following coins=on=a=stack game. (- coins are stacked
one aboe the other. Hne of them is special !gold" and the rest are ordinary
coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moing the
topmost coin to the another position in the stack. Alice starts and the players take
turns. A turn consists of moing the coin on the top to a position . below the top
coin !for some . between - and (-". We will call this and i=moe !thus a - moes
implies doing nothing". The proision is that an . moe cannot be repeated$ for
e2ample once a player makes a % moe on subse<uent turns than the player wins
the game. .nitially the gold coin is the third coin from the top. Then
1. .n order to win$ Alices first moe can be a - moe or a 1 moe
%. .n order to win$ Alices first moe should be a - moe
&. Alice has no winning strategy
'. .n order to win Alices first moe should be a 1 moe
23. :r 4ean isited a magic shop and bought some magical marbles of different
colors along with the other magical items. While returning home wheneer he
saw a colored light he took out marbles of similar color and counted them so he
counted the pink colored marbles and found that he has bought %( of them. Then
counted 11 green marbles and then &+ yellow marbles. He later counted &-
purple colored marbles with him. 4ut when he reached a crossing$ he looked at
red light and started counting red marbles and found that he had bought '& red
marbles. As soon as he finish counting started raining heaily by the time he
reached home he was drenched. After reaching home he found that the 5ed$
>reen and 6ellow marbles had magically changed color and became white.
While other marbles were remain unchanged. .t will take one day to regain its
color$ but be needs to gie atleast pair of marbles to his wife now. 7o how many
white marbles he must choose and gie his wife to ensure that there is atleast one
pair of 5ed$ 6ellow and >reen marbles)
1. '#
%. 0&
&. ''
'. 01
24. A race horse starts chasing a wild pony & hours after the pony bolts the stable.
The pony runs through the entire country of Alberton . Te2as 9umping oer three
streams and crossing four 1- meter roads. The race horse finally catches up with
the pony after ( hours by which time the sun had set and the moon was up in the
sky for ' hours. .f the aerage speed of the race horse is #0 kmph. Then the
aerage speed of the wild pony is =============== kmph.
o 29.25
o 49.75
o 48.75
o 46.80
25. A >reengrocer was selling melon at a penny each. Aates at % for a penny and
bananas at & for a penny. A father spent #p and got the same amount of each type
of fruit for each of his three children. 1ane$ 1oe and 1ill. 1ane is three years older
then 1ill and 1oe is e2actly half of 1ane and 1ill together. What did each child get)
o 1 melon, 2 dates,2 bananas
o 1 melon,3 dates.2 bananas
o 1 melon,2 dates,1 bananas
o 1 melon,1 dates,1 bananas
26. ;arl can stuff adertising circulars into enelops at the rate of &, enelops per
minute and ;llen re<uires a minute and a half to stuff the same number of
enelops. Working together. How long will it take earl and ;llen to stuff &%(
enelops.
o 2 Minutes
o 6 minutes
o 4 minutes
o 5 minutes
27. & years ago . was fie times as old as my eldest son. Today . am & times his age.
How old am . now) ;2press my age in binary number.
o 1--1-
o 1---
o 1--11
o 11-
28. A rope of gien length is used to from a triangle of sides %&$11 and &1 cms. .f the
same rope is used to from a s<uire$ What would be the area of such a s<uire)
o '+,.'' s<.cm
o 10%.%( s<.cm
o 1+.%( s<.cm
o %+'.-+ s<.cm
29. >ien & lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with
sides of length %-$ %- and 10$ the number of points e<uidistant from all the &
lines is
o 1
o '
o -
o &
30. , years ago . was fie times as old as my eldest son. Today . am & times his age.
How old am . now)
o 10.--
o ((.--
o %-.--
o ('.--
31. , years ago$ Andromedas age was twice Achilles age. , years hence$
Andromedas age will be '3& times the age of Achilles. Find Andromedas
present age in binary numbers.
o 11---
o 1-1-
o 11-11
o 1--1
32. A man has some socks in his drawer I 1# identical blue$ ', identical black. The
lights are out and it is totally dark. How many socks must he take out to make
out to make sure he has a pair of each colour)
o ++
o #%
o (#
o (,
33. >ien & lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with
sides of length %-$ %- @ #$ the no. of points e<uidistant from all the & lines is
o &
o -
o '
o 1
34. ' years ago . was fie times as old a my eldest son$ Today . am & times his age.
How old am . now)
o 0
o %(
o 1-
o %'
35. Fill dirt or fill soil is usually the sus soil remoed from an e2udation site and is
used to leel a place or create cutificial mounds. The aerage density is
&gm3s<.cm of sus soil remoed from a site and if it ways +-- kgs. How many
Hemispherical pits each of olume 1&- *ubic centimeter. *an this sus soil fill)
o 1(&,
o 1(&#
o #+,
o 1(&0
36. A :an has some socks in his drawer I 1( identical blue$ %, identical red$ and '%
identical black$ The lights are out and it is totally dark. How many socks must
he take out to make sure he has a pair of each colour)
o #&
o &,
o ''
o &#
37. .n the reading room of a library$ there are 1- reading spots. ;ach reading spot
consists of a round table with ' chairs placed around it. There are some readers
such that in each occupied reading spot there are different numbers of readers. .f
in all there are 1- readers$ how many reading spots there are different numbers
of readers. .f in all there are 1- readers. How many reading spots do not hae
een a single reader)
o '
o (
o +
o &
38. 7ome animals show isible behaioral changes that are related to change in the
local weather patterns. A scientist$ interested in the behaior of bears$ traels one
mile due 8orth from his research laboratory. Here he see a bear and starts
following it for one mile due east before he is able to radio I collar it. After
tagging the bear. He walks one mile due 7outh to return to his research station.
What color was the bear)
o White
o 4rown
o 4lack
o >rey
39. There are two bo2es$ one containing 1- red balls and the other containing &1
yellow balls. 6ou are allowed to moe the balls 4etween the bo2es so that when
you choose a bo2 at random from the chosen bo2. The probability of getting a
red ball is ma2imiCed. This ma2imum probability is
o +1
o %'
o 1%
o (-
40. (1 people !a1$a%$DD.$a(1" meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. .n other
words$ there are totally (1 handshakes inoling the pair$ !a1$ a%"$ !a%$ a&"$
DDDDD..$ !a(-$ a(1"$ !a(1$ a1". Then the siCe of the smallest set of people
such that the rest hae shaken hands with at least one person in the set is
o 1+
o %(
o 1#
o 10
41. Aoller stores$ the stores which sell all of their merchandise for ?1$ hae long had
a reputation for being down I at= the I heels places to buy cheap$ generic goods.
While keeping their low prices$ they are reamping their image and climbing the
respectability ladder$ in some cases to the fortune (--. Hne such dollar store
which recently made an entry in the fortune list which has %(-- stores all oer
the Jnited 7tates. 7aid that they had a % percent increase in the number of
transaction in %--0. *ompared with the preious year to &# million. The
company made a profit of ?%- million this year. What is the aerage profit per
store)
o 0- thousand ?
o 0.-- thousand ?
o %'.-- thousand ?
o 1'.0- Thousand
42. The thousand Eillar Temple of Hyderabad was built by the Bakatiyans of
*halukyan dynasty in the 1%
th
century. ;ach pillar has carings made og black
monolithic rocks of basalt which are polished to gie it a brilliant look. Hne
sunny morning$ three tourists isit the temple. 7andeep is taller than 5iche and
taller than two of the thousand pillars$ and Aeepam is shoter than 7andeep and
three pillars. Which of the following statements would be most accurate)
o 5iche is shorter than Aeepam
o .ts impossible to tell
o 5iche is taller than Aeepam
o Aeepam is as tall as 5iche
43. For the F.FA World cup$ Eaul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each
match with amaCing success. .t is rumored that in a match between % teams A
And 4. Eaul picks A with the same probability as As chances of winning. Gets
assume such remors to be true and that in a match between >hana and 4olia.
>hana the stronger team has a probability of 1-311 of winning the game. What is
the probability that paul will correctly pick the winner of the >hana I 4oliia
game)
o .,1
o .-1
o .0&
o .1#
44. >ien & lines in the plain such that points that point of intersection forms a
triangle of sides length %-$%- @ 1+. The no of points e<uidistant from all the &
plane is 1,3,0,4
45. There are two bo2es one containing %+ red balls and other containing %' green
balls. 6ou are allowed to moe the balls between the bo2es so that you choose at
a bo2 random from he chosen bo2 the probability of getting red ball is
ma2imiCed. The ma2imnum probability is
.26, .76, .50, .52
46. A man has some so2es in his drawer 10 identicak blue$ '# identical red$ '-
identical black. The lights are out and it is totally dark. Hw many socks he takes
out to make sure that he has a pair of each colour)
55, 89, 57, 65
47. #yrs ago Andro age was twice as Achillies age. # Andros age is '3& times the
age of Achillies. Find the Andors age in binary nos
10010, 1000, 10101, 111
48. The 8ew 6ourk Eublic Gibrary is the one of the oldest repocitories of books and
9ournals..t has a beautiful reading room facing :anhauttans famous fifth
Aanue. .n the reading room there are 1- reading spots. ;ach spot is consist of a
round table with ' chairs placed around it. There are some readers suc h that
occupied reading spots and there are different no of readers. .f in all are there 1-
readers how many reading spots are empty)
3,5,4,6
49. >ien a collection of points E in the Elane$ a 1=set is a point in E that can be
seperated from the list from the line i.e the point lie each side of the line while
the other lie on the othe side of the line.the no of 1=sets E is denoted by n1!E".
The ma2imum alue of n1!p" oer all configarations of E of the 1- points in the
E is 9,10,11,5
50. Hn a plannet HC there are 0 days in a week$ 7unday I 7aturday and another day
is called HC day. There are &+ hrs in a day and each day has ,- mts while each
minute has +- sec. As on earth the hour hand coers the dial twice eery day.
Find the appro2imate angle between the hands on clock on HC when the time is
11/'-am 69 degrees, 86 degrees, 231 degrees, 51 degrees
51. A raise horse starts chaCing a wild pony after %hrs aftere the pony bolts and
stable. The pony runs through the entire country of Albetron$ Te2as 9umping oer
& streams and crossing ' mtrs roads. The race hourse finally catches up with the
pony after 'hrs by which the sun had set and moon was up in the sky for 'hrs. if
the aerage speed of the race hourse is ##kmph$ then the aerage spped of the
wild pony is ========== Bmph 25.67, 51.33, 52.33, 38.50
52. 1# people ! a1$a%====== a1#" are inited to a party. The host @ hostess shake hand
with an initee @ also with each other. The initee shake hands in a circular
fassion i.e pairs ! a1$a%"!a%$ a&"======!a1+$a1#"!a1#$a1" shake hand and total of (%
shake hands. Get 7 be the people such that eery pair in 7 shake hands. The siCe
of the 7 is 4,1,2,3
53. A lady has some fine gloes @ hats in her closet 10blue$ &+ red @ '& yellow.
Ther lightrs are oput and it is totally dark.in spite of darkness $ she can make out
the difference between the hat and a gloe. 7he take out an item from the closet
only of she is sure that it is a gloe.How many gloes she take out to make sur
that she has a pair each clour)
54 B. 44 C. 46 D 81
54. 0yrs ago . was fie times as old as my elder son. Today . am &times his age.
How old am . today) ;2press my age in 4inary nos)
110001, 110000, 10010, 10000
55. The difference between the ages of my two granchildren are &. :y eldest
grandchild is &times older than my youngest grand child and my younest
grandchildd age is % times more than the ages of my two youngest grand
children added together. :y old is my youngest grandchild)
10, 13, 15, 12
56. A toy trainproduces 1- different tunes wn it moes around a circular track of
radius (mtrs$ at 1-mtrs per mter per minute.Howeer the toy train is defectie
and it nw produces only two different tunes at random. What are the odds that
the toy train produces + concecutie mucic of the same typr!1 in ====") 64, 6, 36,
32
57. (1 people ! A1$ A%=====A(1" meet and in a shake hand in a circulat fassion. .n
another words totally (1 shake hands inoling in the pairs !a1$a%"$ !a%$a&"=====
!a(-$A(1"$ !a(1$ a1".The siCe of the smallest set of people such that the rest of
the people shaken hand at least one person in the set is
16, 17, 25, 18
58. A green groces was selling mellon a penny each$ date for % at a penny and for
pear & at a penny each. A father spend #p and got same amount ofeach fruit for
each of his three children 1ane$ 1oe and 1ill. 1an is three yrs older than 1ill and
1oe is e2actly half age of 1ill. 1an is three yrs older than 1ill and 1oe is e2actly
half of the age of 1an and 1ill together. What did each child get)
1. 1melon, 1 date, 1pear
2. 1melon, 1date, 2 pear
3. 1melon, 3 date, 2pears
4. 1melon, 2date, 1pear
59. Hne day 7nowwhite meets Eal and 5at in the Wonderland. 7he knows that Eal
lies on :onday$ Tuesday$ Wednesday @ tells the truth on other days of week.
8ow$ they make following statements to 7nowwhite I Eal$ yesterday wwasone
of those days when . lie. 5at= yesterday was one of those days when . lie too.
What day is it) Thursa, !unda, "onda, Tuesda
60. A cyclist buys a cycle for '& pounds paying with a (' Eound che<ue. The seller
changes the che<ue ne2t door and gies the cyclist change. The che<ue bounces
so the seller paid his neighbor back. The cycle cost the seller 1, Eound. How
much did the seller loose.
(' Eounds
1, Eounds
+% Eounds
&- Eounds